Collar button



E. RENAUD comm BUTTON Sept. 9 1924.

Filed Nov. 12. 1923 Inventor @9086 ZFe/zaz/d Attorney EUGENE BENAUD, OFF

MONTREAL, aunsno, CANADA.

comes, BUTTON.

Application filed. November 12, 1923. Serial No. 674,321.

To all 20. 2am it may concern.

Be it known that I, EUGENE RENAUD, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar Buttons; andI do .hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art 10 to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

The present invention pertains to a novel collar button designedparticularly for use in connection with mens wear.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a device ofthis character which affords secure attachment between a pair ofarticles of clothing usually held together by a collar button passedthrough buttonholes in both garments. In order to accomplish this objectthe device comprises a back member on which is formed a pair of prongs.The latter are disposed in planes substantially parallel to that of theback, and point in opposite directions. I11 applying this device to abuttonhole, one of the prongs is first passed through the hole, and theentire device is turned until the remaining prong reaches the hole. Thisremaining prong is then caused to pass through the hole by a slightpressure thereon by the finger of the wearer.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following description and in theaccompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved collar button Figure 2 isan elevation thereof;

Figure 3 is an end view;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the back buttonhole in a shirt band,showing thecollar button applied thereto; and,

Figure 5 is a similar view showing the collar in place. Reference willnow be had to these views by means of like characters which are-employed to designate corresponding parts throughout.

The improved collar button comprises essentially a back 1 which iscurved to conform to the neck of the wearer. At one edge of the back isformed a pair of prongs the heads 4 are 2 of substantially right angularconfiguration, as shown in Figures land 3. I11 other words, each prongcomprises a stem 3 perpendicular to the back 1 and a head 4- which isperpendicular to the stem and substanti all y parallel to the back. Theheads point in opposite directions, as is evident from any one of thefigures.

In Figure 4 is illustrated a shirt generally designated by the numeral 5and pro vided with the customary collar band 6. In the band is formed abuttonhole 7. When the collar button is to be applied, it is insertedbeneath the collar band, and one of the, prongs is passed through thebuttonhole. The device is now, turned until the remaining prong reachesthe hole and passes therethrough if a slight pressure of the finger isapplied. In order to facilitate the entrance of the prongs into thebuttonhole, rounded at the sides, as shown by the numeral 8. The collar9 is applied to the buttonhole in the reverse manner to that described.The buttonhole 10 is passed over one of the prongs, and'the collar isslightly turned until the buttonhole is in position to receive theremaining prong. Obviously, the remaining prong may be passed throughthe buttonhole by turning in the manner described in connection withFigure 4, if this method of application is found .to be preferable.

While a specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated anddescribed, it is to be understood that various alterations in thedetails of construction may be made without departing from the spirit ofthe invention as indicated by the appended claim.

Having thus fully described the inven tion, what I claim as new anddesire to protect by Letters Patent is A. collar button comprising aback, a pair of stems formed thereon and lying in a plane substantiallyperpendicular to that of the back, heads extending from said stems andlying in a plane substantially par allel to that of the back. said headspointing in opposite directions. the side edges of said heads beingrounded.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EUGENE RENAUD.

